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Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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lugnet.loc.ca
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Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:16:37 GMT
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> On Friday I brought in about US$725 of classic space LEGO
> that I had shipped to me at work (in the USA) from a private
> sale. I was charged both GST and PST at the border. I am
> now filing an appeal form considering I was told by official
> channels that there would only be GST. Here's hoping I get
> my $86 back, but I'm not holding my breath.
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> KDJ
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> LUGNETer #203, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Kyle,
I don't think you will have much luck getting your PST back. CCRA (was Revenue
Canada) and the province of Ontario have a service level agreement to collect
PST at the border. I just double checked the Customs site and CCRA also has
agreements to collect PST for BC, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec on postal
imports. They also collect HST if you live in Nfld, N.B., or N.S.
Based on their information, duties and taxes will apply on goods over $20 or
gifts over $60. Collecting tax on stuff mailed to you is news to me. I'm
going to be a lot more selective with my eBay bids from now on.
I hope they do cut you some slack and return your money. Good luck.
Andrew Burt
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 | | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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| (...) And they evidently collect on non-postal imports as well..., I drove that large order in personally. (...) Well given that a BrickBay package that just arrived from Italy was also taxed, I guess I won't be seeing anything come back. Since (...) (24 years ago, 1-Feb-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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| | Re: DUTY? (was Re: Canadian Online Toy Purchases....)
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| Following up my own message here. I had posted in the previous message that in Ontario you should only have to pay GST on imported LEGO from the USA. This was based on information given to me directly by Customs by telephone. As it turns out this (...) (24 years ago, 29-Jan-01, to lugnet.loc.ca)
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